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When is the 2026 NBA Draft lottery? Time, format and how to watch

With the2026 NBA Draft lotteryless than 24 hours away, all eyes are on which franchise will claim the prized No. 1 overall pick, a game-changing selection that could alter the trajectory of a team for years to come.

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The NBA Draft lottery uses a randomized drawing to establish the order of the first 14 picks, and for teams looking for help on a much-needed rebuild, landing a top lottery pick can transform a franchise’s outlook. The drawing determines the top four selections, while the remaining lottery teams are assigned picks 5-14 based on their regular-season records, in reverse order.

Picks 15 through 30 in the first round, as well as every selection in the second round, are also assigned in reverse order of the regular-season standings.

This year, theWashington Wizards,Indiana Pacers, andBrooklyn Netseach enter the lottery with the top odds at 14% apiece to land the No. 1 pick. However, the lottery is notorious for its unpredictability, and teams with lower odds have often leapfrogged their way into top selections in past years.

Here’s what you need to know as the NBA Draft lottery unfolds.

More:What teams are in the 2026 NBA Draft lottery? Odds, past winners

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When is the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery?

The 2026 NBA Draft Lottery is set for Sunday, May 10 at 3 p.m. ET and will be broadcast on ABC.

  • Date: Sunday, May 10

  • Time: 3 p.m. ET

  • TV: ABC

  • Location: McCormick Place Convention Center (Chicago, Illinois)

What teams will participate in the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery?

The 14 NBA teams that did not qualify for the 2026 NBA Playoffs are eligible for the NBA Draft lottery.

What is the format for the NBA Draft Lottery?

Teams with the worst regular-season records each have a 14% chance of landing the coveted No. 1 overall pick. This system is designed to discourage intentional losing, commonly referred to as "tanking," while still providing struggling franchises with a legitimate shot at a franchise-altering selection. The lottery employs a suspenseful random drawing to determine the order of the first four picks in the NBA Draft. Once those top four spots are set, the remaining lottery teams select in reverse order of their regular-season records, ensuring a balanced, competitive draft process that keeps fan bases engaged and hopeful.

Who won the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery?

TheDallas Maverickscaptured the top pick in the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery, securing the covetedNo. 1 overall pickfor the first time in franchise history.

What teams are in the 2026 NBA Draft lottery?

Teams are listed according to their regular-season records and their odds of securing the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft lottery.

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Arkansas Lottery Cash 3, Cash 4 winning numbers for May 10, 2026

TheArkansas Lotteryoffers several draw games for those aiming to win big.

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Here's a look at Sunday, May 10, 2026 results for each game:

Winning Cash 3 numbers from May 10 drawing

Evening: 0-9-4

Check Cash 3 payouts and previous drawings here.

Winning Cash 4 numbers from May 10 drawing

Evening: 5-6-0-4

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Check Cash 4 payouts and previous drawings here.

Winning Natural State Jackpot numbers from May 10 drawing

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Check Natural State Jackpot payouts and previous drawings here.

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When are the Arkansas Lottery drawings held?

  • Powerball: 9:59 p.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.

  • Mega Millions: 10 p.m. CT on Tuesday and Friday.

  • Cash 3 Midday: 12:59 p.m. CT daily except Sunday.

  • Cash 3 Evening: 6:59 p.m. CT daily.

  • Cash 4 Midday: 12:59 p.m. CT daily except Sunday.

  • Cash 4 Evening: 6:59 p.m. CT daily.

  • Lucky For Life: 9:30 p.m. CT daily.

  • Natural State Jackpot: 8 p.m. CT daily except Sunday.

  • LOTTO: 9 p.m. CT on Wednesday and Saturday.

  • Millionaire for Life: 10:15 p.m. CT daily.

This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by an Arkansas editor. You can send feedback usingthis form.

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LONDON/BRUSSELS, May 12 (Reuters) - The European Commission is looking at extending its carbon market to cover international flights, seeking to put a price on more of the ‌sector's emissions and ensure fair treatment across airlines, a senior official said on Tuesday.

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Brussels ‌is redesigning the European Union's Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), which requires power plants and industries to buy carbon permits ​for their greenhouse gas emissions. The scheme caps the amount of permits available, to steer industries towards meeting EU climate targets.

Polona Gregorin, a senior official at the Commission's climate department, said the review would consider extending the ETS to put a carbon price on emissions from flights departing the ‌EU. Currently, the scheme only imposes ⁠carbon costs on flights within Europe.

The change would aim to ensure equal treatment between routes for all operators, Gregorin said.

However, the move risks a backlash ⁠from trade partners including the United States, which opposed a previous EU attempt to expand its carbon market to cover international flights in 2011.

Emissions from international flights are currently covered by a separate United ​Nations ​scheme, known as CORSIA, which requires airlines to buy ​CO2 offsets to cover the growth ‌in their emissions, but does not require them to reduce emissions outright.

A 2021 study conducted for the European Commission warned that the U.N. scheme was unlikely to reduce emissions, and may undercut Europe's climate goals.

The ETS has come under growing political pressure from member states worried about Europe's faltering economic competitiveness, while some heavy industries have urged Brussels to give them more free ‌permits to ease the cost of complying.

Under the ETS, ​some free emissions permits are given to industrial sectors to ​discourage them from relocating production outside ​the EU.

The Commission is considering whether to give industries free carbon permits for ‌longer than previously planned, as some struggle ​to cut emissions and ​remain competitive in the face of cheap imports and stiff competition in global markets.

The Commission said it also plans to slow down the speed at which the ETS cuts ​emissions during the 2030s, which ‌could give industries some breathing space while still ensuring that emissions fall fast enough ​to align with the EU's 2040 climate goals.

(Reporting by Nina Chestney and Susanna ​Twidale; Editing by Louise Heavens and Kevin Liffey)

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May 12, 2026

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Ducks find power-play success, edge Knights to even series

Beckett Sennecke and Alex Killorn both netted one goal and one assist to pace the host Anaheim Ducks to a 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday night and even their Stanley Cup playoff series.

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Mikael Granlund and Ian Moore also scored for Anaheim, which tied the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal at 2-2.

Goaltender Lukas Dostal made 18 saves and Cutter Gauthier collected three assists.

Pavel Dorofeyev, Brett Howden and Tomas Hertl replied for the Golden Knights, who will host Game 5 on Tuesday.

Goalie Carter Hart stopped 19 shots and Mitch Marner collected three assists.

The score was tied 2-2 late in the second period when Killorn gave Anaheim its third lead with its second power-play tally of the tilt. Killorn gained the puck at the bottom of the right circle and squeezed a shot into the net with 2:02 remaining in the second period.

The Ducks failed to score on the power play in the first three games of the series, blanked during 11 opportunities.

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Moore extended the Anaheim lead with his first career playoff goal. Shortly after Anaheim killed a penalty, Moore found the twine with a point shot at 3:43 of the third period.

Hertl snapped a 29-game goal drought dating back to early March by tucking into the cage a loose puck with 64 seconds remaining in regulation to make it a one-goal game, but the Golden Knights could not complete the comeback.

After losing the last game, the Ducks were looking to have a strong early pushback and were rewarded when Sennecke opened the scoring by unloading a shot from the top of the right circle for the power-play goal at the 8:43 mark.

Dorofeyev responded with a power-play goal of his own just past the period's midway point. Dostal could not catch the point shot and Dorofeyev pounced on the loose puck.

Granlund made it a 2-1 game five minutes later when a turnover resulted in him gaining the puck in the slot and his shot ricocheted off a defender's stick and bounded past Hart.

Vegas tied the game again when William Karlsson slipped a nifty pass to the front of the net for Howden, and it was easily converted at 4:04 of the second period.

The Golden Knights were without captain Mark Stone, who suffered an undisclosed injury late in the first period of Game 3. Brandon Saad drew into the lineup.

--Field Level Media

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Former Polish justice minister who faces prosecution at home says he's traveled from Hungary to US

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A former Polish justice minister sought in his homeland for alleged abuse of power says he has traveled from Hungary to the U.S., prompting prosecutors in Poland to say Monday that they're investigating whether he was assisted in evading liability.

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Zbigniew Ziobro was a key figure in the government led by the nationalist conservative Law and Justice party that ran Poland between 2015 and 2023. That administrationestablished political controlover key judicial institutions by stacking higher courts with friendly judges and punishing its critics with disciplinary action or assignments to faraway locations.

Ziobro announced in January that he had been grantedasylum in Hungary, then led by nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

On Sunday, Ziobro told right-wing Polish broadcaster Republika that he had arrived in the United States the previous day — coinciding with the inauguration in Budapest of Orbán's successor,Péter Magyar, who defeated the longtime leaderin an electionlast month. He said that he was using a document granted to him along with his right to asylum, Polish news agency PAP reported.

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Current Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s governmentcame to powerin late 2023 with ambitions to roll back the judicial changes made by its predecessor, butefforts to undo themhave been blocked by two successive presidents aligned with the nationalist right.

In October, prosecutors requested the lifting of Ziobro’s parliamentary immunityto press chargesagainst him. They allege among other things that Ziobro misused a fund for victims of violence, including for the purchase ofIsraeli Pegasus surveillance software.

Tusk’s party says Law and Justice used Pegasus to spy illegally on political opponents while in power. Ziobro says he acted lawfully.

On Monday, the national prosecutor's office said in a social media post that it was investigating the whereabouts of Ziobro, and looking into whether other individuals assisted him in "fleeing and evading criminal liability, thereby obstructing the investigation into the justice fund."

Current Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek said in a post on X Sunday evening that Poland had invalidated Ziobro's travel documents, including his diplomatic passport, and that Warsaw will ask the U.S. and Hungary about the legal basis for Ziobro to leave Hungarian territory and enter the United States.

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